School Tours

We warmly invite prospective parents and carers to visit Shoreditch Park Primary School and experience our learning community. Our school tours are led by a member of the Senior Leadership Team and provide an opportunity to: See the school in action during the school day Learn about our curriculum...

Free School Meals

Free School Meals Primary school children The Mayor of London has introduced universal free school meals for the 2023/2024 academic year for all primary school children regardless of income. However, we still need you to apply for free meals if you are receiving tax credits or benefits. This will...

History and Geography Curriculum

History At Shoreditch Park Primary School, our intent is to produce a high-quality History education for all learners in order for them to gain the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life. We aim to inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past and we are passionate that...

Sharratt Class (ARP)

Timetable Homework in Sharratt class Children will receive an Enquiring Ebony homework project linked to their topic of learning. This project should be completed gradually throughout the term and returned to school on the designated date, which will be communicated by teachers. If you would like...

Library and Reading for Pleasure

Teaching children to read and write independently, as quickly as possible, is one of the core purposes of a primary school. These key skills not only hold the keys to the rest of the curriculum but also have a huge impact on children’s self-esteem and future life chances. Parental Reading Support...

Shoreditch Park Family Cycle Training

Book into an exclusive cycle training session with your child, every Saturday. The sessions are run by Cycle Confident who are endorsed by Hackney council (please note this is held on the school grounds but not managed by the school). This is a 2-hour cycle training session to take place in the...

Cost of Living Support

We know that times are extremely difficult for many of our families at the moment. If you’re struggling with your finances, please get in touch to let us know, as there may be things we can suggest which will help. Local Help and Support We recommend taking a look at Hackney’s 'Help with the rising...

Promoting British Values

The DfE states that schools should promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and was...

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...he context of ‘What happens on Buddha Day?’ Then in Year 4, they will learn about Buddhist beliefs through the comparative question of ‘How did Jesus and Buddha make people stop and think?’. Pupils are given the opportunity to compare different religions and beliefs, and draw upon similariti...

Read Write Inc

Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary, we know that every child deserves success right from the start. We know that the sooner children learn to read, the greater their life successes. This is why we put reading at the heart of what we do. We teach children to read accurately and fluently with good...

Rights Respecting School

... petitioning. For example, for International Children’s Day, Steering group hosted the Deputy Mayor of Hackney and wrote letters to the Mayor of Hackney, expressing their concerns around the treatment of Refugee children. “Article 22 (refugee children) If a child is seeking refuge or has refuge...

School Meals and Packed Lunches

School Meals and Menu In partnership with Fuel for Learning At Shoreditch Park Primary, we understand the importance of nutritious food in supporting children’s well-being and learning. In partnership with Fuel for Learning, we provide freshly prepared, healthy meals that are inclusive,...

Speech and Language Support

At Shoreditch Park Primary School we strive to ensure that all of our pupils are able to communicate confidently and effectively. We recognise the vital role that Speech and Language Therapists play in supporting children who have difficulties with language and communication. We have three speech...

Counselling Service for Children

What is School Counselling? School Counselling offers a confidential space for children to come and explore their thoughts and feelings about worries they might have. These are often worries that make children feel sad, scared, angry or upset. These feelings can affect children’s confidence,...

Nursery Admissions

Overview Admissions Nursery Highlights FAQ's Welcome to our outstanding early years provision. Our nursery offer includes: Fully funded places available for 3 & 4 year olds Breakfast & After School Club Experienced & Qualified Teachers Amazing outdoor and indoor spaces ASPIRE Learning...

Calendar and Term Dates

Rights Respecting Steering Group

... for International Children’s Day, Steering group hosted the Deputy Mayor of Hackney and wrote letters to the Mayor of Hackney, expressing their concerns around the treatment of Refugee children. "Article 22 (refugee children) If a child is seeking refuge or has refugee status, governments must p...

Spanish

At Shoreditch Park Primary School we believe that learning a Modern Foreign Language contributes to children’s learning and development by increasing critical thinking skills, creativity and flexibility of mind in young children. Pupils at Shoreditch Park start learning Spanish in EYFS and continue...

Year 1

Welcome to the Year 1 page! You can look at the learning and activities we are doing each half term and get any curriculum letters and information you need. You will also find our class timetable. The Year 1 team Year Group Lead: Ms Hannaford Year 1 HLTA: Ms McGregor Grey Class: Ms Hannaford...

SEND Support for Parents

Inclusion Team key dates for parents - 2025-2026 academic year Inclusion Team Parent Workshops Parent SEND Workshops Support plan meetings WAMHS workshops Workshop Resources Hackney SEND Parents Carer Forum (HSPCF) Hackney SEND Parents Carer Forum (HSPCF) has a range of useful information and local...

Seuss Class (ARP)

Timetable Homework in Seuss class Children are provided with homework books to reinforce and recap the learning completed in class each week. They also have access to IXL and Times Tables Rock Stars , which can be used regularly at home to support their learning. Reading homework will be assigned...

Safeguarding

Safeguarding Team The safeguarding team is in charge of keeping children safe at home and at school. They are called Designated Safeguarding Leads. Filtering and Monitoring Team Coffee Morning Contact Numbers For social care support for disabled children Phone: 020 8356 6789 OR 020 8356 4865 Duty...

Year 2

Welcome to the Year 2 page! You can look at the learning and activities we are doing each half term and get any curriculum letters and information you need. You will also find our class timetable. The Year 2 Team Year Group Lead: Ms Hannaford Year 2 HLTA: Ms Twiner Hoffman Class: Ms Carpenter...

ASPIRE Ambassadors

Every year pupils are given the opportunity to apply to be an Aspire Ambassador. In the application they reflect on why they would be a good choice for this role and they explain why Aspire is important to them! They are involved in pupil voice meetings, assemblies, trips and much more! They are...

Year 3

Year 3 Team Year group lead: Ms Byrne King-Smith class Ms Silver Briggs class Mr Kwong Parent Curriculum Meeting Timetables Homework in Year 3 Children are given math (IXL programme) and reading homework assigned each Friday through Google Classroom. Math and reading homework is due each Thursday....

Mental Health

... can support your child's mental health Day to Day Our everyDay habits are important to our mental health, just as they are to our physical health. Here are a few suggestions to help your child develop good habits. Think about the five ways to wellbeing Are there things you can encourage them to d...

School Council

A council is a group of people that meet regularly. They are elected representatives of a group, who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. Shoreditch Park Primary School Council members help to represent children’s voices. They are a team of committed students who wish to help...

Year 4

Year 4 Team Year group lead: Ms Byrne Almond class Mr Millar Morpurgo class Ms Has Parent Curriculum Meeting Timetables Homework in Year 4 Children are given math (IXL programme and Times Tables Rockstars) and reading homework assigned each Friday through Google Classroom. Math and reading homework...

Computing

Intent Within an ever changing and technological world, Shoreditch Park Primary School understands and values the importance of teaching Computing from a young age. We acknowledge that future generations will rely heavily on their computational confidence and digital skills in order to support...

Extra Curricular Clubs

Autumn Term 2025 - Extra Curricular Clubs Please see below for our extra curricular activities this term. Please contact the office for any further information. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Club Year Group Club Year Group Club Year Group Club Year Group Club Year Group Gymnastics 1-6...

ASPIRE

Intent ASPIRE is an aspirational curriculum and school vision that empowers children to flourish in their academic, personal and social learning. Within our broad and balanced ASPIRE and PSHE curriculum, we are able to nurture and support the spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development...

ASPIRE Mornings

At Shoreditch Park we believe that in order to expect positive and respectful communication, we need to model and provide opportunities for it within our school day. Our mornings are free flow and children independently come into their classes between 8.45 - 9.00. On their transition up the stairs...

Breakfast and After School Clubs

...Club - Registration Form Extended Day Services Terms and Conditions After School Club Our after-school club operates from 3.30 until 5.30pm, MonDay to FriDay. The snack menu can be found here. All options are in line with our Healthy Schools award. Children are given several activities to choose ...

Absence and Attendance

...eptable?: Caring for a parent or sibling Going shopping Day trips BirthDays Bad weather Family holiDays will not be authorised This is not a conclusive list. What should I do if there are exceptional circumstances that require my child to be absent? If you wish your child to be absent from school...

Year 6 - Tower of London

Year 6 today (16th September 2019) went to the Tower of London to learn about their topic ‘Crime and Punishment’. We learnt about the history of the Tower and in particular its use as a prison and in keeping people captive since 1100. We also were lucky enough to take part in a workshop...

Year 6 - IntoUniversity: Art History

Milligan started at IntoUniversity today on their course ‘Art History’. We focused on five artists, Utagawa Hiroshige, Artemisia Gentileschi, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Tamara de Lempicks. Today we did researched artists, recreated work from different cultures and created a fact file on...

Year 1 - Adventure Playground Trip

Year 1 had a blast at the adventure playground today! The children worked on their gross motor skills by climbing on the climbing frames and had lots of fun on the zip line and swings. We also got to have a look at how the leaves on the trees are changing now that the seasons are changing. Have a...

Virtual Open Events

We are delighted to welcome you to Shoreditch Park Primary School. Due to the current unprecedented circumstances, we are unable to welcome prospective parents into our school building. Instead, we are offering virtual open session which will allow you to meet some of our teachers and get more...

Year 6 - Residential 2019 - Day 1

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Year 6 - Residential 2019 - Day 2

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Year 6 - Residential 2019 - Day 3

[menu name="year6-residential-2019"] Final day of our amazing trip to Kingswood - not a quiet one though! Jacobs Ladder and Problem solving before a sleep journey back

Year 6 - IntoUniversity at the National Gallery

Today (25th September 2019) Year 6 are taking part in further day of IntoUniversity, deepening their learning around Art History. They have had a fantastic tour learning about the first paintings from Cathedrals in Florence

Year 2 - Reading Morning

Don't forget to join us in Years 1, 2 and 3 every Friday for Reading Morning. We love having as many parents as possible in our classrooms to promote a love of reading

Roald Dahl Day 2019

This year we watched this video: We then wrote our own descriptive settings of the Chocolate Factory. We couldn't help but get ravenous for chocolate as we wrote them! Have a look at our work which is now on display!

Year 2 - Hoffman Class Trip to Museum of London - Fire! Fire!

On 2 September 1666, an event started that would change the face of London. The Great Fire broke out from a baker's house in Pudding Lane. By the time it was over four days later, much of the medieval city lay in smoking ruins. Year 2 explored this further at the Museum of London. We looked at...

Year 6 - Gymnastics Lesson with Badu Sports

Today Year 6 had a great gymnastics lesson with Badu Sports. They learnt a complex series of moves and poses such as arches, pikes and tucks which they performed on the floor and on apparatus. Amazing demonstration of control and strength!

ARP - Sharratt Class at the Museum of Childhood

Sharratt class had a fantastic day at the Museum of Childhood quiet day on 15th November. We travelled to Bethnal Green by bus. When we got there we looked around the museum, played with the robot and then went on the rocking horse. Then we had a craft workshop where we made a model of a bedroom....

Year 6 - Ice Skating at Somerset House

Year 6 today went ice skating at a very festive Somerset house. Most of us, including teachers, were learning for the first time and - despite a few falls - we had an excellent time learning to skate

Year 2 and 3 - The Book Hut

Year 2 and 3 have enjoyed choosing books from the book hut over the past few days. Thank you London Children's Book Project

Year 1 Trip to the Museum of Childhood

Year 1 had a blast today at the Museum of Childhood today. We got to see lots of toys from the Tudor and Victorian times which we have been learning about in our Topic lessons. We even used our knowledge of materials from our science lessons to talk about the different materials the toys were made...

Year 3 - Our trip to The Old Royal Naval College (Part 1)

Today (4th February 2020) we visited The Old Royal Naval College Greenwich! We took part in a workshop called "Myths and Masks". This trip was linked to our topic Ancient Greece. We looked for key Greek Gods in the Painted Hall and then made masks of our favourite Greek Gods and...

ARP - Seuss Class Celebrate Pancake Day

Today Seuss class celebrated pancake day and the start of our new topic: FOOD! We followed instructions to make pancakes and added sweet and fruity toppings. A special thanks to Cinar who brought in some home made pancakes for everyone to sample. Tomorrow we will write about how we made them and...

ARP - World Book Day 2020

...th March 2020) for World Book Day Seuss class had lot's of our favourite characters come to visit. Can you spot the chef from Ratatouille or some 'things' from the Cat in the Hat?...

Year 1 - Planting Seeds

This week Y1 have been busy planting seeds and keeping a journal of the growth their plants make. Year 1 also had fun getting creative with their maths reasoning lesson on Monday. They had to work out different ways to make certain numbers and did a great job of doing so!

Year 5 - Home Learning - Week 5

Adam N - The Last Wild illustration Angel S - Change the Simile to a Metaphor Anis - Fox Friday Create it task Shayden Leggett - Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

Year 1 - Voces8 Foundation Vocal Training

Year 1 children at Shoreditch Park Primary received vocal training via the Voces8 Foundation

Year 6 Sports Day 2016

Year 6 took part in their final sports day at Whitmore, a ferocious battle against both the sun and each other! The children participated in events such as Javelin, Shot-putt and 100m sprints. Results will be announced on Friday - may the best team win!

Year 6 - Science: Environment

In science, Milligan today had an interactive lesson with our environment. While continuing to learn about classifying animals we took our search to the school grounds to search for vertebrates such as amphibians and invertebrates such as arthtopods. We explored the school grounds finding animals...

Year 6 - Kayaking

Year 6 went kayaking today for the first of six sessions over the next half term. Today we learnt to use our kayaks and some learnt that you need serious balance... unless you like swimming in the canal! Keep an eye out for the progress we make over the next term!

Year 6 - Kayaking

Year 6 today started kayaking lessons - something that both classes will do over the next six weeks. Zephaniah today learnt how to get into and control their kayaks... something more than a few of them failed to do resulting in very wet clothes. Keep checking our progress as we progress towards...

Year 6 - Magic V's

Year 6 today completed a reasoning challenge - Magic V's. In this challenge we explored the relationships between numbers and how we could create v's which add up to the same amount. To do this we had to work collaboratively and play with number to seek out patterns. Try it, what can you...

Year 6 - Maths Reasoning Work

Year 6 today worked on reasoning work as collaborative groups. We had to problem solve how to plan a school trip using both relevant and irrelevant information and data. Working as organisers, recorders, coordinators and planners we worked together to calculate data and write a letter to explain...

Year 6 - Natural History Museum

Year 6 went to the Natural History Museum this week to learn about evolution, fossils and how teeth differ in a range of animals. We explored the museum all day - looking at the huge whale skeleton, the dinosaur exhibition and exhibitions about insects

Year 6 - Painting a Mural

Year 6 today started off the day by painting a design in the key stage 1 art shed. The mural will be added to by all to by all year groups but Milligan we're proud to be the first to start!

Year 6 - Rose Blanche Storyboards

...p it all by learning about VE Day. They made some exceptional story boards to summarise the events....

Year 6 - Royal Opera House

Year 6 today went to the Royal Opera House to see a stunning performance of Hansel and Gretel. We were lucky enough to sit in the stalls and hear the sensational orchestra play throughout a 2 hour show. Unfortunately we couldn’t take any pictures (Mr Scott even got in trouble!) but it was a...

Year 6 - Saying Their Birthday In Spanish

This term Year 6 have been learning to say when their birthdays are in Spanish. Fantastic speaking skills, well done Year 6

Year 6 - Science Museum: Wonderlab

Today (27th November 2017) Year 6 were lucky enough to experience a trip to the Science Museum, so far we have been exploring the Wonderlab and taking part in an amazing Fire and explosion show!

Year 6 - Science: Bird Feeders

In Science today, Year 6 made bird feeders as a way to see how many birds we have and, if they are popular enough, what the most frequent bird to feed in our school is. We used Suet, seeds and oats to create a bird food mix, then used plastic cups and string to hold up bird feed. We are going to...

Year 6 - Science: Blood

Today, Zephaniah Class focused their learning on blood. They learnt about the importance of the different parts of blood and the jobs they do in the body. We discussed in length Blood donation, what that means and why we need to have this to help one another. To finish the lesson we made 'Blood...

Year 6 - Secondary School Preparation

Year 6 today started working with into university to prepare for their move into secondary school by working with into university to look at timetables, subjects and planning towards the future. Next half term we will be working closely with into university for 2 weeks to look at possible...

Year 6 visit to Chessington World of Adventures

Year 6 today went to Chessington World of Adventures as a reward for their hard work throughout their time at Whitmore. We got wet on water rides, saw a variety animals and were completely scared (as the photo of Alicien and Fareed shows!) on rollercoasters. More pictures to follow soon!

Year 6 - Shakespeare Rocks Preview

Next week (Thursday 29th) year 6 will perform Shakespeare Rocks - a musical based on the life of William Shakespeare. Here's a sneak peak of the song Montagues and Capulets

Year 6 - STEM Day

Some lucky Year 6 children today took part in a STEM day in central London. Children had to work together with other schools to build a miniature masterpiece. We looked at the importance of technology in the world and used our engineering skills and team work abilities to create a structure. To...

Year 6 - World War 1

Year 6 today learnt about the causes of World War 1 and the complex alliances involved in the outbreak of war. We did freeze frames showing the reasons behind the war, particularly highlighting the alliances between Russia, Germany, Britain and France

Year 6 Computing - Stop Frame Animation

Year 6 today used their computing and design skills to create stop frame animation Christmas videos. We had to create a story board, design our props and used an iPad to carefully record a Christmas message. Keep a look out over the next week as the videos come onto the website!

Year 6 Go Bowling

Year 6 went on a team building day to Rowans bowling as a reward for their hard work and dedication to learning throughout the first half of the year. The children were incredibly supportive of each other and showed fantastic bowling skills over the two hours spent at Rowans. More to come once we...

Year 6 Investigate Electricity

Yea 6 today started investigating the properties of electricity in groups by creating circuits and exploring the properties of different conducive circuits such as tin foil. By the end of an investigative afternoon, all Year 6 children were able to create a circuit with a cell, lamp and a piece of...

Year 6 Kayaking

Year 6 today (26th May 2016) went Kayaking for the first time at the Laburnum Boat Club. All children did incredibly well in the team building exercises and were excellent representatives of Whitmore Primary. We are all really looking forward to our next session!

Year 6 Midsummer Nights Dream Performance

Year 6 continued rehearsing their Midsummer Nights Dream performance today with actor Tom Davey. In today's session, children looked at the lines of the fairies within the play and explored different emotions when reading lines. Not long until the performance and the children are doing...

Year 6 Midsummer Nights Dream Rehearsals

Year 6 today did their rehearsals for midsummer nights dream in its entirety on stage. The children have learnt all their lines and we are anticipating a sensational performance on Friday evening. Don't forget that the performance will start promptly at 430 at Whitmore THIS FRIDAY!

Year 6 Production Preview - Act 3 Scene 1

Year 6 are continuing working hard for their production next Friday. Here is a sneak peak of Act 3 Scene 1! Make sure you keep your diary free for the production next week, Friday 8th July, 4:30-5:30

Year 3 - Black History Month

Our focus for this month was the incredible Mary Seacole. In our first Black History month lesson we were focusing on historical research. We researched who Mary Seacole was, where was she from and why she is still significant today. See our amazing work below!

Year 6 Trip - Churchill War Museum

Year 6 today went to the Churchill War Museum to learn about the life of Winston Churchill and the impact that the bombing of London had on every day life. We learnt about how the blitz affected day to day life for millions of Londoners and the the reasons behind Churchill and his cabinet working...

Year 4 - National Poetry Week

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ASPIRE - Autumn 2 - Inclusivity and Self Awareness

In Autumn 2 our focus was Inclusive Izeyah and Self Aware Samuel. In KS2 we were focusing on resilience. The children know that resilience is a skill that can be developed to help us cope with challenging times or circumstances. We have all shown resilience in our community and school during the...

Year 1 - Beegu

There was a crash landing in the Year 1 playground on Monday. Year 1 decided to go outside and investigate! This introduced our new text 'BEEGU'. At the end of the week we designed our own 'missing' poster to find Beegu. We used descriptive vocabulary to describe what kind of alien...

Year 2 - National Poetry Day

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World Book Day 2023

...ch Park celebrated World Book Day in style! It was wonderful to see the children dressed up in their......ay. As part of our World Book Day celebrations, we have collected money to donate to Book Aid Intern...

ARP - Seuss Class - World Book Day

...un dressing up for World Book Day. We enjoyed going to the library to find books that linked to our characters....

ARP - Seuss Class - Suleymaniye Mosque

On Monday the 20th Seuss class went on a trip to the Suleymaniye Mosque. We have been learning about religions and holy places during RS on Mondays and Seuss class enjoyed exploring a place of worship. Mr Savas, an admin lead at the Mosque, showed us around the Mosque and answered all of our...

Nursery - Summer Term 1

...y Ladybird Seasons Red Nose Day Tiny Seed Very Hungry Caterpillar World Book Day Space Cafe W......ungry Caterpillar World Book Day Space Cafe We're Going on a Bear Hunt Snail and the Whale Cutti......wich RWI in nursery Pancake Day Progress Party Earth Day...

Donaldson class go to Forest School

Donaldson class had their first Forest School lesson today! The children were very excited to explore the area and participate in a variety of wonderful activities. They created nests for birds, fishing rods for the pond and stick men from one of their favourite stories. All of the children are...

Hackney Reading Champions

On Wednesday 21st June, our Hackney Reading Champions attended an end of year celebration at Hackney Town Hall, where they received certificates from Cllr Anntoinette Bramble for achieving the Gold Award

Year 1 - Reading the Mini Grey text Biscuit Bear

Year One has enjoyed reading the Mini Grey text "Biscuit Bear" over the past few weeks. We had a great time making our very own Biscuit Bear cookies and decorating them with icing sugar and delicious sprinkles. Additionally, we wrote a retell of the story using some of the key parts. One...

Pupil Voice

The pupil voice team met with Ms Caton and Ms MacCourt to finalise the school lunch menu. We discussed elements that had to be included such as food standards, and initiatives that previous pupil voice groups had implemented such as Planet friendly Mondays. They discussed ways in which the pupil...

Year 2 - Great Fire workshop

During the Year 2's online workshop hosted by the Museum of London, the staff on the live stream discussed the events surrounding the Great Fire of London. They shared fascinating insights into how the fire started and how it eventually came to an end. Additionally, they highlighted various...

Year 5 - London Zoo

We had the incredible opportunity to visit the amazing London Zoo to enrich our understanding of our Animals Including Humans topic in Science. It was a beautiful autumnal day and we had the zoo virtually to ourselves, allowing us to observe and study all manner of rich and varied wildlife,...

Mathstatic Activities - 2nd February 2024

...t of the NSPCC’S Number Day. The nationwide event encourages schools to raise money for the children’s charity while also celebrating the importance of maths and numeracy skills. All children dressed up in number-themed costumes to take part in a range of maths-related lessons around mea...

Reception - Curriculum

Welcome to our Reception Navigate the page using the buttons below. Meet the Team Timetable Curriculum Highlights ​​​​​​​ Teaching and Learning in Reception Starting Reception Starting Reception is a big step for children and their families, from those first days of settling in, making new friends...

World Book Day 2024

Year 1 Year 2

Year 6 Residential - Day 1

Year 6 Residential - Day 2

Year 2 - Outdoor Learning at Hampstead Heath

Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful day of outdoor learning at Hampstead Heath, engaging in pond dipping and minibeast hunting as part of their science curriculum. Equipped with nets, magnifying glasses, and an abundance of curiosity, the children uncovered a variety of fascinating creatures from wriggling...

National Poetry Day 2022

... Bananas poem!...

Year 3 Virtual Trip to the British Museum

Today, we took part in a virtual trip to the British Museum! We met with an archaeologist who showed us different artefacts from Prehistoric Britain. We also took part in a quiz all about the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic eras where we got 9 out of 10! During the trip, we were also...

Sharratt Class - World book day 2025

Year 2 - Enquiring Ebony Homework - The Titanic

Over the Christmas holiday, Year 2 worked hard on their Enquiring Ebony projects. Children researched what happened to the ship and created their own models

ASPIRE Summer 1 2021 - Pride

...e learned about International Day for Diversity and asked each other questions about our heritage and culture. Finally we shared things we are proud of such as our learning, our families and achievements....

Year 6 - Sports Day 2021

Year 6 had a great time at their last sports day!

Year 6 - Goodbye for Now

Today we say 'Goodbye for Now' to our wonderful Year 6's who will be starting an exciting new chapter in their secondary schools from September. We could not be prouder of the young adults that they are becoming and everything they have achieved during their time at Shoreditch Park. We had a...

New Starters Reception and Nursery - September 2022

We are delighted to welcome new starters to Reception and Nursery in September. We would love to welcome you into school for a New Starters Open Evening on Tuesday 28th June between 5pm and 6pm. Please find some useful information below. We are looking forward to welcoming your child into our...

Science in Seuss Class

In Seuss class we have enjoyed learning about the planets in the solar system in science. We learnt lots of interesting facts such as, earth takes 1 year to orbit the sun, giving us seasons and that earth spins on its axis every 24 hours giving us day and night. We also learnt that moons orbit...

Year 6 - IntoUniversity

Year 6 today started working with IntoUniversity to prepare for their move into secondary school by working with into university to look at timetables, subjects and planning towards the future. Next half term we will be working closely with into university for 2 weeks to look at possible...

Year 2 - Read and Tell

Each Friday in Year 2 we have the opportunity to do Read and Tell, where we can bring in a book that we love, to show and describe to our friends! Here we are, reading some of our favourite pages and showing off beautiful illustrations

Reception - Donaldson Class Trip to the Farm

Today Donaldson Class visited Spitalfield's City Farm as part of their topic on animals. All of the children had so much fun meeting the different animals and learning about how they are looked after. The animals were feeling particularly friendly and the children were even lucky enough to...

Reception - Browne Class Farm Trip

The children were SUPERSTARS today on our trip to Spitalfields City Farm. It was the first time we had got a bus together and they did so well. We had a lovely time looking at all of the farm animals and finished the trip with a picnic in the farm's yurt!

ARP Trip to the Library - World Book Day

The ARP pupils had a blast at Shoreditch library today! We gathered around the library book corner to enjoy a reading of the text 'Quick Quack Quentin' by Kes Gray. We then became book illustrators and illustrated our own books. To end our library session we explored the texts available in the...

World Book Day 2022

...5th anniversary of World Book Day - with the message for all children ‘you are a reader‘! ToDay ......eading for pleasure on World Book Day, and all-year round! Reading for pleasure is the single bigges...

Year 2 Library Visit

We love reading in Year 2 and have recently enjoyed a fantastic visit to Hoxton Library. After an exciting storytime with the librarian, we browsed the shelves to find a book to read with a friend or grown up. Before we went back to school, we were allowed to choose a world book day book to take...

Year 1 - Building Igloos for Emperor Penguins

Year 1 are really immersed in their new topic of 'Animals and their habitats'. Today they constructed their own igloos for an Emperor penguin living in Antarctica

Year 5 - Music Mission Company Enrichment

Year 5 took part in an onsite music enrichment with the Music Mission company. The day consisted of exciting teacher performances and a workshop. It was a fun and educational way for children to learn about drumming from many cultures. With so many children inspired - we look forward to offering...

KS1 Reading Morning - May 2022

The KS1 reading morning was a huge success, and it was wonderful to welcome parents back into classes to share a love of reading. At Shoreditch Park Primary, we value reading for pleasure as it helps children develop their fluency, vocabulary and develops their understanding of the world. Reading...

Year 6 - Kayaking

Year 6 today started a six week course In Kayaking at the Laburnum boat club, Haggerston. The weather was absolutely beautiful and the children tried out their kayaking skills for the first time. An unlucky few fell in but for the most part, they're naturals!

Year 4 - Festival of Triangles Maths Lesson

Year 4 were being detectives in our festival of triangles maths lesson today. We had to work systematically to solve which triangle was guilty of committing the crime. We then had a go at coming up with our own questions for our partner to solve. We can confidently tell you the properties of...

Year 6 - InTo University National Gallery Visit

Year 6 today went to the National Gallery as part of their InTo University projecting looking at Art and Photography. As our study focus today, we learnt to read art by understanding stories being told through image. We got some great ideas for our own projects and can’t wait to share!

Refugee Week 2018: Year 4 Cake Decorating

To kick off Refugee Week , Year 4 have been challenged with cake decorating as one of the '20 simple act's. Have a look at our decorative skills. If there’s one thing with the power to unite the world, it’s probably cake. You might have have a recipe for something sweet and...

KS1 - London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican

On Monday 20th March all of KS1 went to the Barbican Centre for an amazing music concert! We travelled from school on the 76 bus and had a packed lunch at the Barbican. We watched the fantastic London Symphony Orchestra who played along to a story called 'Stan and Mabel'. We had learnt the...

KS1 Book Corners Project

Artist Sandy Goddard has today begun work with Years 1 and 2 to transform their reading corners. This week it's the turn of Hoffman Class in Year 2 who started work in earnest creating giant trees using cardboard and paper mache to sculpt. Watch this space for regular updates on their progress...

KS1 National Storytelling Week

To launch National Storytelling Week we had a special assembly where we celebrated the joy of stories and reading and children in KS1 shared some of their writing from this half term. Children in Year 1 have been studying poetry and then wrote their own inspired by the ones they had been reading....

KS2 ARP - Museum of Transport

The children in the KS2 room in the ARP went to the Museum of Transport last Friday and learned all about how transport has changed over time

KS2 Science Museum - Forces

Today we welcomed Edoardo and Phil the Frog from the science museum to teach us about forces and how they work in every day life. We looked at the laws of motion and looked at really great experiments which showed how forces work. This is the first of three events we have working with the science...

Musical Futures VIP Day

On Tuesday 26th April Whitmore will be opening its doors to some very important guests which may include several MPs and a representative from the Department for Education! They will be coming to see the Musical Futures Pilot project (which has been taught by Morpurgo, Almond and Tan this year) and...

Number Day 2019

...d carers who supported Number Day!...

Open Mornings 2015

Foundation Stage Come to our open morning and experience our outstanding Foundation Stage and meet the team. We have limited places available in our Nursery for September 2015 . Make our Reception your first choice for 2016 by attending the open mornings. Wednesday 16th September 2015 and Wednesday...

Parents and Community Room

Shoreditch Park Primary School has a new Parent and Community Room. This is a multi-functional space where outside agencies and parents / carers can meet. The workshops happening for parents / carers throughout next half term of timetabled below. We look forward to seeing you there!...

Pasta Car Challenge

On Friday, 27th May 2016, Whitmore hosted Vikram Yadh from Affordable Science to conduct the “Pasta Car Challenge”. Every class in the school, from Nursery to Year 6 (with the exception of Year 3, who were on a trip), undertook the challenge to design a wheeled vehicle from dried pasta...

Proposed Britannia Development

The London Borough of Hackney are currently considering building a school on the Britannia Leisure Centre site & the development may or may not include Whitmore Primary School. Presentation for Parents Letter to Parents Introduction The Council has commissioned a feasibility study to look at a...

Reception - Meet the Team

Welcome to our Reception Navigate the page using the buttons below. Meet the Team Timetable Curriculum Highlights Policy ​​​​​​​ Meet the Team Deputy Head for Inclusion/EYFS: Ms Deegan EYFS Phase Lead: Ms Francis Ms Lait EYFS Lead (on leave) Browne class: Ms Francis (Class Teacher & Interim...

Refugee Week 2016

...the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June. In the UK, Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities....

Roald Dahl Day 2016

...hool we celebrated Roald Dahl Day by using our imaginations and recreating some of George's Marvellous medicines. Here are some examples of the activities we did and some of the revolting and magical recipes created!...

HYPU Summer Programme

...ea@live.co.uk . Family Fun Day - 3rd August 2016 HYPU Summer Programme...

Samba Dancing

On Wednesday evening, in front of a hall full of spectators,13 incredible children took to the dance floor to showcase their samba dance moves at Haggerston Secondary School. As they took to the stage, the hall was gripped with anticipation and they did not disappoint. The crowd was blown away by...

Science - Using Electricity

In Shoreditch Park this week we have been lucky enough to have Dan, a scientist from the Royal Institiute of Science visit us in school to show us a number of experiements showing how we manage to use electricity every day - despite it being so dangerous! We witnessed some of the earliest demos...

Summer Reading Challenge 2017

The Reading Agency and Hackney Libraries are running activities for children aged 4 to 11 years old to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge 2017. Animal Agents, illustrated by Tony Ross, will introduce readers to a variety of clever creatures, specially trained to use their skills and natural...

Suzuki Violin

On Thursday we were very lucky to have a visit from Kate, Aga and some of their friends and students from Suzuki Music. They treated us to a brilliant performance, some of the children who played the violin for us were as young as 5! They taught us all about The Suzuki method and explained the kind...

The City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park

A new academy opening in September 2017 invites you to a prospective parent question and answer session with Principal Holly Arles. Tuesday 15 th November, 9am and Wednesday 16 th November, 4pm at Shoreditch Park Primary School Refreshments will be provided. To sign up or if you have any questions...

The Hodgeheg

Book Review By Nicole, Jeffers Class What is the book about? The book is about a hedgehog who wants to cross the busy road but he doesn’t get to the park! So he thinks how he can cross the road safely. Who are the main characters? The main characters are Peony, Pansy, Petunia, Max, Ma, Pa and...

The Power of Reading - Roald Dahl Day

...oss the school....

The Princess and the White Bear King

Persuasive Writing By Preciosa, Jeffers Class Choose me to be the Grand Princess! To begin, I am writing because I am going to be a fantastic princess. My name is Preciosa and I am going to be a good princess because I am respectful, helpful and funny. You should choose me because I would share,...

The Six Star Wonders

This week some children in Year 5 started their very own band... The Six Star Wonders!!! They had their first rehearsal on Friday and in that time managed to pull together their very own version of the song Riptide by Vance Joy, Keep your eyes open for more music from The Six Star Wonders, the new...

Traction Man

Script Writing By Adam F, Grey Class Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush are lying on the deep blue see. The Evil Scissor Shark is trying to attack them into little pieces. TM: What a lovely day! I’m so proud of my good job. (Lying on the beach). SB: Look out Scissor Shark is coming closer and...

Violin and Guitar Concert

On Friday 16th March, Shoreditch Park Primary had a music concert to celebrate children who partake in weekly violin and guitar tuition. The youngest musicians to perform were five year old children! It was a fantastic occasion; parents, the PTA and the whole school were memorised by all the...

Visit to Hackney Town Hall

This Week members of the School Council, Rights Respecting Group and Aspire Ambassadors went to visit Hackney Town Hall. We met Councilor Rathbone, the Speaker and the Mayor! We had a tour of the Speaker chambers and the gallery of past Mayors and speakers. The children asked lots of thoughtful...

World Book Day - Book Fair

...arks and much more....

World Book Day 2016

JDF Shoreditch Easter Show

We had our JDF Shoreditch Easter show on Sunday (25th March 2018). Both classes from Shoreditch Park Primary performed - we had a great time!

Hispanic Day 2017

...ry School celebrated Hispanic Day. We learnt about the Hispanic culture, traditions and food and we ......a puff pastries. Our Hispanic Day afternoon was craft based and all the children in the school had t...

World Book Day 2019

...book character for World Book Day. A great Day was had by all. Children enjoyed a whole school assem......rget to spend your World Book Day token in bookshops near you....

ASPIRE Active

What is ASPIRE Active? At Shoreditch Park Primary School we are dedicated to ensuring each child achieves the best possible outcomes; academically, socially, emotionally and physically. ASPIRE ACTIVE is our initiative strive for our children to be physically fit and healthy. Why do we do ASPIRE...

Councillor Bramble Visit

...nowledge World Children's Day. Look out for the December issue of Hackney ToDay for an article all about this special visit!...

'Future sounds of Hackney' - Hackney Today

All students in a Year 4 primary school class are now able to play a musical instrument thanks to a new programme being piloted in their school. Watch Year 4 play the songs mentioned in this article

'Rights for children' - Hackney Today

...ed Universal Children’s Day with a visit from the Deputy Mayor of Hackney. Cllr Anntoinette Bramble watched a presentation on the UN convention on children’s rights and how this is promoted at the school....

A Conversation With John Bercow MP

On Monday we spoke to John Bercow MP who is the Speaker of the House of Commons. He spoke to us with Skype from the House of Commons where he chairs the debates and makes sure the Prime Minister answers MP’s questions. He told us lots about his job and how he got to be where he is. He was...

ASPIRE Celebration Assembly - Spring 1 2018

In Spring 1 we were learning all about Self Awareness. We were particularly focusing on Self Aware Communication. We were thinking about the words we use, the way we communicate through body language and the impact that we have on others when we communicate. We read the story' Have you filled a...

Grey Class visit Spitalfield Farm

Last week Grey class went on an exciting trip to Spitalfield farm as we are studying animals as our science topic. We learnt about what animals eat and got to feed them! It was a really fun day out

Big Barbican Workshop

On Wednesday 8th February 20 children from across KS2 took part in a Big Barbican Workshop at the Barbican Centre in the City of London. The whole day interdisciplinary workshop was a fantastic opportunity for the pupils to showcase their excellent collaboration skills and inclusiveness. In mixed...

Briggs Class visit Tower Bridge

Briggs Class had a fantastic day visiting Tower Bridge to study how bridges work. We have been learning about the Bosphorus Bridge in our Topic on Istanbul and have been comparing it to bridges we know. We had a workshop on how to build and programme bascule bridges which involved the 3D printing...

Cake Club

Our Cake Club runs every Friday

Cats Protection Non-Uniform Day and Cake Sale

On Wednesday 23rd March there will be a cat themed (big and small cats) non-uniform day and also cake sale after school to raise money for Cats Protection! We are also very lucky to have an educational speaker coming in to teach us a bit more about cats and the charity! Please dress up and bring in...

Choir at Christmas

This week the KS2 choir were very busy! First they sang Christmas carols at Old Street tube station to help raise money for the charity Health Poverty Action . A whopping £616.76 was raised by Shoreditch Park Choir and the other choirs that sang at Old Street tube station. On Tuesday the...

Christmas Jumper Day 2018

Consultation on the Britannia Leisure Centre site

The Council is considering whether it would be possible to build a new leisure centre to replace Britannia – which is coming to the end of its life – and a new secondary school to help meet the demand for school places for local children. This would be funded in part by the sale of...

Culture Day

Pupils are asked to bring 50p donation, that will go towards turning the blue hut in the playground into a reading area

Dance Show Rehearsals

The children across KS1 and KS2 who have been having dance lessons for the last few months had the rehearsal yesterday at Haggerston School. They were great! Tonight is the big show, wish them luck! A special thank you to Nia who has helped support the dance teacher and who has been an absolute...

Donaldson Class - Spitalfields Farm Visit

This week Donaldson Class took a trip to Spitalfields Farm. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a wonderful time. The children got to feed, pet and learn about lots of different animals. Our class favourite was the donkey- he was very friendly (and a bit noisy!) Donaldson class were very...

Festival of Triangles

Yesterday the whole school took part in the 'Festival of Triangles' - a family celebration of maths based around the triangle. Children from reception to Year 6 took part in creating a sierpinski structure and making tetrahedrons from straws to construct the huge structure. We loved using...

Food Revolution Day

...hitmore's Food Revolution Day Key Stage 1 got busy in the garden with Calvin, each child was able to plant their very own plant. The whole school also entered into a competition, where everyone designed their own healthy smoothie recipe. The winning entry will get the opportunity to create that ...

Gardening With Mr Calvin

Today we were very lucky to learn about our new garden patch in the EYFS playground. We are growing a range of vegetables from tomatoes to runner beans. We really enjoyed learning about how to look after our vegetable patch. Thank you Mr Calvin!

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Letter Writing By Hannah, Grey Class The Little Cottage Goldilocks Gardens in the Forest Dear Goldilocks, Thank you for your letter. I really wanted to eat your yummy porridge. It made me sad. Secondly thank you for telling your Dad to fix my chair. I love that chair. Finally I would love to come...

World Book Day 2017

...week we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as our favourite book characters. We saw characters like Handa from Handa's Surprise, Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr Fox. We had a great Day finding out about what we love to read and why!...

World Children's Day 2018

...r it was World Children's Day. To acknowledge this important Day, we were visited by a represent......ll about World Children's Day and what this means for children all over the world. The pupils di...

Year 6 - Hollywood Bowl

Year 6 today celebrated the end of year with a trip to Hollywood Bowl, Surrey Quays. We had an amazing time - one of the children even managed to get three strikes! Our final trip tomorrow to kayaking will be our last together as a year group

Year 3's Marvelous Medicine

...granny explode!...

Year 3 - King Smith Poetry

The children in King Smith class have started their new topic on poetry. We started by looking at a well loved poem by Allan Alhburg called Please Mrs. Butler. The children in King Smith learn about the different features of poetry performance - intonation, tone, action, rhythm, refrain,...

Year 3 - Make Bread for a Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon

Briggs class took advantage of the kitchen in the roof classroom this week to bake some bread. We are reading Iron Man by Ted Hughes at the moment and on Friday we'll be writing recipes for the very hungry Space-bat-angel-dragon. Hopefully eating our dishes will stop him slurping up the whole...

Year 3 - Maths: Creating Toys Out Unifix Cubes

Today in our maths investigation we created some toys out of Unifix cubes that had a specific value. Each cube had a different value. We added the cubes to make a total of 99. Once we finished our toys we tried to make a new one with different cubes but with the same total value of 99. We collected...

Year 3 - Maths: Fractions

In today's lesson children were learning how to find non-unit fractions of a quantity e.g. 2/5 of 30 by using unifix cubes and their understanding of division. All children made excellent progress and are now able to find fractions of an amount! How amazing!

Year 3 - Models of Istanbul's Famous Sights

A child in Year 3 King Smith class has created an outstanding and amazing model of Istanbul's famous sights. These include the Bosphorus Bridge, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the Galata Tower. He used basic materials such as cardboard, clay and paint. This work is inspiring and shows what a...

Year 3 - Spanish: Food

In today's lesson children have been learning about the different foods in Spanish. They completed a matching game in groups and then played food bingo. This lesson is part of this terms' Spanish learning centered around food, restaurants and going to the shop. Que rico!

Year 3 - Symmetry Reasoning

During reasoning Friday lesson, King Smith were investigating lines of symmetry on a range of regular and irregular 2D shapes. They learnt how to identify lines of symmetry by seeing if a shape folded exactly in half. This was coupled alongside recapping their understanding of basic 2D shapes

Year 3 - The Pebble in My Pocket

Year 3's new book is The Pebble in My Pocket, a non-fiction book about the journey of a pebble from 480 million years ago to today. We've really enjoyed magpie-ing key vocabulary from the text to show how some of the first rocks were made and using it to write our own explanations

Year 3 Learn Where Our Food Comes From

Briggs class went to Hackney City Farm on Wednesday for a science workshop that supported our learning about plants. We learnt how different kinds of farms work and where our food comes from. We were able to match different crops to the products we see on the shelves and discuss the life cycles of...

Year 3 Plants Assembly

Year 3 performed their assembly this Thursday (19/05/2016) which was all about plants. Here are some videos of the songs they performed as well as some videos if you didn't manage to catch it

Year 3 Topic for Writing - Ancient Egypt

For our topic curriculum we have been learning about Ancient Egypt. We have learnt about the similarities and differences between two periods of time - Iron Age Britain and Ancient Egypt. We compared life, agriculture and settlements. For this lesson, the children wrote a letter back home to Iron...

Year 3 Trip - Olympic Park

This week Year 3 went on a trip to the Olympic Park. It was a beautiful sunny day and we got to sketch in the British garden, have a picnic, take a photo by the Olympic rings and play on an amazing adventure park. It was a lot of fun and we all enjoyed our last trip together

Year 3's Fossils

Year 3 completed their learning about rocks by making their own ammonite fossils. Ammonites were sea creatures that lived 240-65 million years ago. Ask us how they turned into fossils that we can still see today, we're very good at explaining!

Year 3/4 - Architectural Yoga Workshop

Classes from Year 3 and 4 participated in an Architectural Yoga workshop today, creating poses to resemble parts of buildings. Have a look at some of our positions

Year 2's Trip to Shoreditch Adventure Playground

Last Friday, Year 2 enjoyed an exciting trip to the Shoreditch Adventure Playground. The children were really brave and climbed on some very high climbing frames! Some of the children preferred to play football while others spent most of their time on the swings. It was a great opportunity for us...

Year 4 - Almond Class Achievement Lesson

Almond class were focusing on collaborative achievement in today's ASPIRE lesson. The task was to create a tower which could hold a shape on top of it. Each group only had a newspaper, sellotape and one pair of scissors between them. They were able to collaborate to build a tower. Well done on...

Year 4 - British Museum

Year 4 went on another trip this week to the British Museum. We went to explore the different artifacts on display there and went on a quest to discover as much information as we could about them. We found stories from Greek myths drawn on the jars just like the picture books we use today, one was...

Year 4 - Camley Street Nature Reserve

Year 4 went on a wild adventure today! We went to Camley Street Nature Reserve to go on a nature hunt. When we arrived the sun disappeared and the clouds poured down on us! We huddled under a teepee for a cosy lunch, it felt like we were camping. Then when the rain calmed down we explored the...

Year 4 - IntoUniversity Workshop

Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic workshop today with IntoUniversity! We learnt about future careers. We became Paleontolgoists, Product Designers and Civil Engineers. We had a great time digging up fossils and designing buildings and shoes. We really learnt a lot about some interesting future careers....

Year 4 - Roman Britain

On Thursday afternoon year 4 donned wireless headphones and travelled back to Roman Britain for the Big Bang start of their history topic. They watched gladiators fight lions in Colchester amphitheatre, battled the Iceni and Boudica and experienced living in a Roman villa as a Roman child!

Year 4 - Science: Electricity

Year 4 are learning about electricity in Science at the moment. On Monday the children were experimenting with complete and incomplete circuits and had to explain why the light bulb did not light up when the circuit was incomplete

Year 4 - Show and Tell

This week Year 4 began their Friday Show and Tell sessions where pupils brought in objects special to them to share with the class. We had live music, books on the human body and poetry! We are all looking forward to seeing what wonderful objects would be brought in next week

Year 4 Guitar Prints

This week Morpurgo had a fantastic time creating guitar prints for our art project. First we began by studying the acoustic guitar and sketching it you a range of materials; pencil, charcoal and pen. The following day we looked at texture and then experimented with different effects. We then carved...

Year 4 Topic - Argentina

Today Year 4 became documentary makers! We reported on the sights of Argentina, describing facts and trying to persuade as many tourists to come as possible! Check out our travel documentaries!

Year 5 - Spanish Lesson from Shoreditch Park Secondary School Students

Students from Shoreditch Park Secondary School came to school today to deliver a Spanish lesson to Year 5 children. Year 5 were extremely impressed with the children's vocabulary in secondary schools, which has inspired our pupils to keep practising

Year 5 Maths Reasoning

Year 5 spent their maths lesson on Friday completing place value problems. They work with their partner and resources to investigate place value. They then had to explain what they had done and why it must be true

Year 5 Visit St Paul's

Year 5 visited St Paul's Cathedral on Monday. We made our own organ and sang to the public!

Year 6 - Bike Around The Borough

Year 6 are today taking part in Bike Around The Borough with up to 1,000 children in Hackney. Throughout the day we are cycling 20 miles, from Shoreditch Park, to Clissold Park and then all around Hackney. What a great day!

Year 6 - Forest School Team Building

Year 6 today attended a forest school team building session in Hackney. We undertook activities to build dens with tarp and had to use our cooperative schools to work together towards a goal. We built bases, rafts and competed to try and build different things. A fantastic day!

Year 3 - European Day of Languages

... 3 pupils celebrated European Day of Languages by successfully finding several European countries where different languages are spoken....

Year 2 Sports Day 2016

This week was sports day and Year 2 were amazing at working in a team and cheering each other on! We completed many different activities such as egg and spoon, running, fancy dress race and balancing a bean bag! Well done Year 2 for an excellent afternoon!

Year 1 - 'The Sound Collector' by Rodger McGough

Today Grey class explored the poetic feature onomatopoeia in a poem called 'The Sound Collector' by Rodger McGough. We had worked in groups to create the sounds that are collected and performed it altogether

Year 1 - World Book Day 2018

...t time celebrating World Book Day! Have a look at who we dressed as and see if you can guess our favourite characters!...

Year 1 - 'Until I Saw the Sea' Performances

This half term we are exploring poetry. Today we looked at a poem called 'Until I saw the sea' which had a lot of figurative language . We explored it together as a class and realised it describes the sea as you would describe humans such as 'breathing in and out'. Have a look at...

Year 1 - Breakfast With A Book

Year 1 have been enjoying Breakfast with a book this half term! It is a great opportunity for the children to enjoy a selection of books from the book corner and start their day with a story. They have been reading with adults as well as reading stories to each other! Thank you to the parents and...

Year 1 - Breakfast With A Book

Year 1 enjoyed Breakfast With A Book this week. It is an invaluable time for children to enjoy reading with friends or an adult. The children discuss what they have read and recommend books to each other. Please join us on Wednesday mornings this half term from 8.45am

Year 1 - Data

This week Year 1 have been learning all about data. We have looked at the different ways data can be represented such as tally charts, pictograms and block diagrams. Today we worked with our partners to create our own questionnaire to ask the class. We recorded our results using a tally and then...

Year 1 - Exercising With 5-a-day

Year 1 have been respecting our bodies this half term by exercising daily using 5-a-day. We have a lot of fun keeping fit and healthy!

Year 1 - Maths: Addition

Today Year 1 had lots of fun exploring adding facts to 10. We worked with our partners to construct numicon towers to help us. We then wrote down the corresponding addition number sentences and compared our findings

Year 1 - Measuring

Today Year 1 experimented with different measuring equipment such as containers using ml, rulers using cm and scales using g. We made a magic potion and had to decide which equipment to use to measure which items. For example, a ruler to measure the length of the wiggly worm but a container to...

Year 1 - Performance with Apollo 5 at the Gresham Centre

Year 1 amazed us all in their performance with vocal group Apollo 5 on Thursday! The children have been working hard on a number of songs over the past year and had the opportunity to showcase their talents at the beautiful Gresham centre

Year 1 - Poems About the Sea

Today Year 1 wrote their own poems about the sea inspired by the poem 'Until I Saw the Sea' by Lilian Moore. We used descriptive vocabulary to describe the sea and onomatopoeia to create the mood for the poem. When we had edited our poems, we published them onto our own works of art we had...

Year 1 - Poetry

Today year 1 have been focusing on figurative language. We read the poem 'Until I saw the Sea' by Lilian Moore and discussed her use of figurative language throughout the poem. We then went off in groups and thought about the best ways to convey this figurative language through movement and...

Year 1 - Power of Reading: Story Maps

Today Year 1 practised our self aware communication during our PoR lesson. We are planning for our long write tomorrow, which is a narrative we created from the characters when author Jessica Spanyol was in. Today we focused on oral retelling and used our story maps to help retell our stories from...

Year 1 - Story Of The Week

We have been reading 'Traction Man' in Power of Reading. Today we made story boxes and worked in groups of 3 to choose one key part of the story to model. We have had a lot of fun making our story boxes and showed good team work. Tomorrow we are going to focus on using description to...

Year 1 - World Book Day

...ook characters for World Book Day! We have been reading the story of Lila and the Secret of Rain in ......Kenya as a special World Book Day treat. We tried to include all of the features from the story like...

Year 1 - World Book Day 2017

...l time celebrating World Book Day. We dressed up as characters from our favourite books and discussed why we loved those books! We love reading in Year 1! Remember to recommend your favourite book to a friend!...

Year 1 POR - Beegu

Year 1 made a surprising discovery today. An unknown yellow alien had crashed it's spaceship in our playground! It must be feeling so lost and alone. Year 1 are going to help him find his way back home

Year 2 - World Book Day 2018

...l time celebrating World Book Day. The children dressed up as characters from their favourite books ......ing! We also had a World Book Day assembly with Ms Smiles. Well done to all the effort that was made...

Year 1 Sports Day 2016

...ad a wonderful time at Sports Day on MonDay! They particularly enjoyed the beanbag race and javelin. They behaved just like Inclusive Izeyah by encouraging each other and congratulating the winners of each race. We will be getting active again next MonDay on our trip to Kidsmania! Don't forget t...

Year 1 Trip to Clissold Park

Year 1 had a blast at Clissold Park on Tuesday! After we had lots of fun in the adventure playground, we went to visit all the animals. We seen Fallow deer, goats and lots of different types of birds. Just like Enquiring Ebony we made sure we found out lots of information about the animals and...

Year 1 Trip to the Museum of London

Year 1 had a great time at the Museum Of London today. We have been learning about clothes throughout different time periods in our topic lessons. At the museum we have seen clothing from the Roman period all the way to modern day. Have a look at the photos below, we had a lot of fun!

Year 1... It's Christmas!

Year 1 had a wonderful time this week preparing for Christmas. We made snowman paper chains, gift boxes and had an amazing party! Happy Holidays from Year 1

Year 2 - 2D and 3D Shapes

In Year 2 we are learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Today we looked at the faces and edges of a range of 3D shapes. We worked with our partner to count the faces and edges. We also talked about real life objects which are 3D shapes

Year 2 - Breakfast With A Book

Year 2 are having 'Breakfast With A Book' every Wednesday of this half term at 8.45am until 9am. Parents and carers are welcome to join us and share our love of reading!

Year 2 - Dog's Trust

Yesterday Year 2 were so lucky because the Dogs Trust came to visit us! Our topic is Inspiring Individuals and we heard all about how dogs can be inspiring too. The dog was called Tigger and he was able to help humans in many different ways by being a guide dog. Look at us learning about Tigger!

Year 2 - Hackney Schools Music and Dance Festival

This week Jeffers class were lucky enough to participate in the Hackney Schools Music and Dance Festival. We prepared by learning lots of songs from around the world. On the day we sang these songs with other schools from Hackney. We sang in the the round, with call and response and also with...

Year 2 - Hampstead Heath Trip

This week Year 2 went to Hampstead Heath on a fantastic trip! It was a very hot day so we had to wear our sun hats and drinks lots of water! We got the 271 bus all the way there. When we arrived we had a picnic and then spent the rest of the day completing tasks linked to our topics of habitats and...

Year 2 - Measurement

This week Year 2 have been looking at measurement! We have measured in many different ways and on Thursday looked at capacity. We used lots of different measuring jugs and containers to try and get accurate measurements. We had to compare these with our partners. We found out that there are 1000ml...

Year 2 - Museum of Transport

This week Year 2 went on an exciting trip to the Museum of Transport in Covent Garden. We got the 76 bus all the way there; it was a cold day so we were very wrapped up! When we arrived we had a chance to look around the museum and complete a transport hunt! We had to follow a trail and get stamps...

Year 2 - National Maritime Museum Titanic Workshop

Year 2 are learning about the Titanic in line with their History and Geography topic. We were lucky enough to attend The National Maritime Museum where the children will attended a worshhop. The children spent an action-packed day as a passenger aboard the world’s most famous ship before it...

Year 2 - Pizza Express

On Wednesday, Year 2 enjoyed a trip to Pizza Express on Curtain Road. We left school promptly at 9am and made our way to the bus stop to catch the 271. When we arrived, we met a chef and a waitress who told us about their jobs. We then got first hand experiment rolling the dough. The chef showed us...

Year 2 - World Book Day

...eek! We celebrated World Book Day with the rest of the school and dressed up in some amazing costumes. Jeffers Class had their assembly and did an amazing job of projecting their voices and singing 'You've got a friend in me'. Thank you to parents for coming along too!...

Reception Daily Update - Monday 2nd November 2026

Today’s focus: Literacy Today we started our new Topic ‘People who help us’ - we read our focus story ‘Emergency’ by Margaret Mayo and discussed all the different people that help to keep us safe. Our EYFS focus: Understanding the World; Physical Development; Personal,...